diff --git a/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.cpp b/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.cpp
index 1d695f605cf2116d74f1d038b76ec971145cc20b..2aa86631cd9746f32d86639c4e9f9c9d008ffd9d 100644
--- a/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.cpp
+++ b/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor::createGeoObjects()
    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
    {
       SPtr<GbSphere3D> sphere = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<GbSphere3D>(geoObjectPrototypeVector[i]);
-      if (demCoProcessor->isSpheresIntersection(sphere->getX1Centroid(), sphere->getX2Centroid(), sphere->getX3Centroid(), sphere->getRadius()*2.0*(1.0-toleranz)))
+      if (demCoProcessor->isSpheresIntersection(sphere->getX1Centroid(), sphere->getX2Centroid(), sphere->getX3Centroid(), sphere->getRadius()*2.0*(1.0-tolerance)))
       {
          continue;
       }
diff --git a/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.h b/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.h
index 6d3a1dc3ea0b511b4e02be5d34401386a2d1a6a7..0d4961568292b726a8a944ccdb90cbd33c641d33 100644
--- a/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.h
+++ b/source/DemCoupling/CreateDemObjectsCoProcessor.h
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public:
    void addGeoObject(SPtr<GbObject3D> geoObjectPrototype, Vector3D  initalVelocity);
    void clearGeoObjects();
    void createGeoObjects();
+   double getToleranz() const { return tolerance; }
+   void   setToleranz(double val) { tolerance = val; }
 protected:
 private:
    SPtr<Communicator> comm;
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ private:
    SPtr<BCAdapter> velocityBcParticleAdapter;
    SPtr<Reconstructor> extrapolationReconstructor;
    int demCounter;
-   double toleranz;
+   double tolerance;
 #ifdef TIMING
    UbTimer timer;
 #endif